List and explain the 8 events that led America to gain the entire continental United States

Not listed in order:

1. Stamp Act Congress

2. The fight of Lexington and Concord

3. Boston Tea Party

4. Second Contiental Congress

5. Lee's Resolution

6. The battle of Bunker Hill

7. Boston Massacre

8. The Declaration of Independence

These were the few of many events that started the United States of America.